Occasional static while listening to music with Phonak Audeo Paradise P90-RT

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For certain music frequencies, I have quite a bit of static with my Phonak Audeo Paradise P90-RT hearing aids. Static occurs for the same music (e.g. songs) whether or not I’m streaming directly from my cell phone to my hearing aids. Has anyone else experienced this and found a solution? Maybe I need to create a custom music program?

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Here’s an instance where your audiogram might be useful. It’s possible the “static” is what you hear when certain high frequencies are played.

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Thank you, MDB, that makes sense to me. I don’t want to change my general programming in my hearing aids so I think creating a custom music program is the best solution. I have an appointment with my hearing aid specialist next week.

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I have P90s and I’ve never heard any static at all whilst listening to music: streaming or normally.

I don’t manually use the music program either as I normally listen through streaming which automatically selects music settings.

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So did this just start happening or has it been like that since you got them?

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try lowering the volume of your mobile device… try 50% .

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Yes, I have tried lowering the volume; it does help but then I can barely make out the lyrics.

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No, it is completely related to the frequency of some of the music I listen to (and in particular a couple of albums that I recently downloaded to my cell phone). It is surely not a hardware problem but a programming concern: how to get rid of the static during music listening but without compromising my general hearing.

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Well ok then, so first off you need to find the frequencies that are causing this, it’s not static as such, even if that’s what it sounds like, are you DIY, if not you should give that a go, because it’s most likely mid/higher frequencies that are peaking and need additional adjustments, but still just on those particular albums, which ones? (Led Zeppelin, Adele maybe?)

I just saw this on another thread, try using it to see if you can find that frequency.

https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/

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FWIW, I once complained that the tone generator at my audiologist had static for certain tones. They checked and didn’t hear any static.

Turns out that’s just how I hear some of those frequencies!

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interesting, High freq sound a bit staticity on my implant side… I guess it is normal

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Thanks, tenkan! I played around with the tone generator; high frequencies are most likely the problem. FYI, my two new albums are both by Olafur Arnalds. I have an appointment with my hearing aid specialist next week. Hopefully, we can create a custom music program because I don’t want to cut down on high frequencies for my general listening.

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That’s very interesting! I haven’t had the same experience though!

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Oh interesting sounds, first time I’ve heard of him, my only Icelandic music is from Björk, nice.

Yes definitely you don’t want to lose the clarity to understand speech, so a custom music program is the way to go.

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To create music program:

  1. Set microphone at 4 real ear sound front direction
  2. Turn off SoundRelax, NoiseBlock, Soft noise reduction, WindBlock
  3. WhistleBlock at weak.
  4. Turn off SoundRecover2
  5. Look at compression ratios.-keep ratios low as possible
  6. Select slow acting compression.
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Likely a frequency you are sensitive to. If you work with your audiologist to see where that frequency is, they could pull the volume level of that frequency range down some. I suspect if you turn the volume of the music you are listening down you will get less of that static as well.

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